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You’re building the next generation of your product, but you’re not sure whether embedding analytics is the right move. The demand is clear: According to insightsoftware and Hanover Research’s Embedded Analytics Report, self-service analytics and managed dashboards are of key importance for nearly all embedded analytics buyers, in large part because customers expect data insights, dashboards, and reporting built right into your application.

You’re presenting AI-generated analysis in your quarterly strategy meeting. The slides are polished, the insights look solid, and you’re ready to move the conversation forward. Then the CFO leans forward: “Where did this number come from? I reviewed this data last week and something doesn’t add up.”

Summarize with AI: ChatGPT Claude Google AI Mode Grok Perplexity In today’s data-driven world, business intelligence and analytics play a huge role in better understanding your customers, improving your operations, and making actionable business decisions. While there’s no doubt about the value of implementing a BI solution, many ERP users face the same challenges around the quality and credibility of their data.

Three key trends are changing how organizations approach embedded analytics. Companies that recognize these shifts gain competitive advantages while others struggle with outdated strategies. Ramin Jahanbani has watched this transformation from the front lines. As Senior Divisional Vice President at insightsoftware Data + Analytics, he’s guided hundreds of organizations through analytics decisions over the past decade.

As an application developer integrating analytics into your application, your users expect a scalable, flexible solution that adapts to changing business needs. While organizations strive to capitalize on new AI tools, they’re also still wrestling with big data: massive, fast-moving datasets that traditional tools can’t handle easily.

ODBC drivers are the connectors that make it possible for BI, ERP, and analytics tools to talk directly to different data sources. Whether you’re working with Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Database, MySQL, PostgreSQL, or modern platforms like Snowflake and Azure Synapse, the right ODBC driver ensures stable database connectivity across operating systems such as Windows, Linux, macOS, and UNIX.

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) is the backbone of smarter business decisions—it brings structure to planning, budgeting, reporting, and analysis. But when handled manually, it can quickly become a grind: endless spreadsheets, complex data mapping, and reports that swallow valuable time. The work is essential, yet the process often slows teams down, leaving less room for the insights leaders actually need.

After spending months of development work to build ODBC connectors for REST APIs, the performance still falls short of your expectations. You can’t recover the time spent, and you need a new solution. This scenario is all-too familiar for developers. Here, we discuss how you can improve your REST API, making it ready for enterprise-level users.

If you are looking for a reporting solution that can handle complex data and deliver fast results, you might want to check out Jet Reports from insightsoftware. Jet Reports is a powerful Excel-based reporting tool that directly connects to your Microsoft Dynamics ERP and allows you to create custom reports and dashboards with ease using real-time data. Jet Reports is designed to make your reporting experience fast and smooth.

Many people in project management think of Microsoft Excel as an inferior tool. They worry about version control with collaboration across the business, especially when dealing with large enterprise projects. However, Excel can be a powerful project management tool when used with the right add-ins. When you understand the unique challenges of enterprise projects and how Excel can serve those needs, you can learn to use it wisely.